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<br />the s;, ster.l ".'hieh h,s ::'ll'od"eed eo',tri'1 resu:LtLl ir' thi:" Rtnto \Ii lJ
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<br />produce IL":e rosults on th8 Color~d c Jil'c,', or cny other stre3m,
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<br />\'lhose ~',natom.y is the s~.rl]e :;n th:>,t 0::' tha stre:>ms u',on Hhieh V/C
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<br />h,.~'e o}ler,ted Cind thct Ol)re:.v~er~"nee ::offords (?, dependQble ,'nd
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<br />profitc,blG Guide to what may and e:.n/done on the Colorc,do River.
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<br />Vie [',eeordingly oi'fer 2nd urge such pl~'J1 (nel. procedure. ~'o
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<br />emphasize the view, justified eve think by observc.tions "nd ex:)er-
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<br />ioncEl extetlCUng over l', period of seventy-five yeers, thl't the
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<br />w~',ter should be Jetc,ineCl, so f~,r as pructicn,ble, on end within
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<br />the Bm~hithActre, in p~eferonce to vny other portion of the
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<br />B",sin, we doem it desire,ble to cdd. end perhcps relJO:;t:
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<br />(1) 1'hct, IK,tu'ce has plc.inly pointed out the 2re[\ of high
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<br />clevation, low tflmryCr[',tu.re, pnd bountiful snow fall, ::os the pro-
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<br />duoinl]: ground, the n~turnl home of" :,nd pro)er pIece for the
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<br />we. te r S11:9:I:)ly.
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<br />(2) ~hcot, on rny other :?l'rt 0::' the entire brsin, this
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<br />bountiful f:,ll of snow would en,iure about r.s long [S the prover-
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<br />biel snow b~ll in lirdes:
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<br />(:5) ~'h:t, ,rotection of the "Istershed, ~g'inst denudr.tion
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<br />of forest end other cover growth, Lnd its improlTement through
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<br />cuI ti 'Tation, 1i beral irrig2, tien, :.J torage a nil ether me::.ns of de-
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<br />tBining the w~ter su?ply, is essentill to tho maximum yield,
<br />oonservation, regu~ation 2nd use of water throughout the basin;
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